Hillary has done right by manning up

12:56 AM,
Oct. 22, 2012

Written by

Kathleen
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Once again, Hillary Clinton has demonstrated herself to be the classiest person in the room. No wonder she's one of the most revered public figures in America.

But she is a politician, the context by which all things must be judged - at least on second pass. The first pass goes as follows: She manned up. She took responsibility for the attacks at the Benghazi compound.

Speaking from Peru on Oct. 15, Clinton told CNN, "I take responsibility" for protecting diplomats. "What I want to avoid is some kind of political gotcha." ...